Indiana Code 27-1-46-17. Provider facility failure to provide estimate or communication about right to estimate; civil penalty
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Sec. 17. (a) If a provider facility fails or refuses:
(2) to provide communication to a patient of information concerning the patient’s right to a good faith estimate as required under section 15 of this chapter;
(1) to provide a good faith estimate as required by this chapter; or
Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-46-17
- Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- Department: means "the department of insurance" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- good faith estimate: means a reasonable estimate of the price each provider anticipates charging for an episode of care for nonemergency health care services that:
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- Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
- provider: means :
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- provider facility: means any of the following:
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the insurance commissioner may, after notice and hearing under IC 4-21.5, impose on the provider facility a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.
(b) A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the department of insurance fund established by IC 27-1-3-28.
As added by P.L.93-2020, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.202-2021, SEC.16.